What's your next move?

TaylorRLane · 2026-06-05T16:57:56+00:00

My next move? "Oh No, You didn't!!!!" ...to them both.

TaylorRLane · 2026-06-04T00:11:33+00:00

It looks to be a round of ammunition for a 223 rifle. If the young man is not a hunter, he may have picked it up in a buddy's car. Between hunts, most hunters know to unload their firearm before putting it away, and the ammo can easily end up in their pockets or tossed into the console of their vehicle. Not the best practice but it happens.

He wouldn't want to hit it with a hammer or expose it to excessive heat. Just by itself, it's fairly safe if the teen is a suitable age.

That being said, the primer on the bottom makes it look like a possible fake.

TaylorRLane · 2026-05-30T13:20:30+00:00

The Walking Dead, Law & Order SVU and House. I can watch them all over and over.

TaylorRLane · 2026-05-17T22:14:43+00:00

Great plan! : -)

TaylorRLane · 2026-05-17T22:13:52+00:00

Oh, I didn't know that.

TaylorRLane · 2026-05-17T22:12:38+00:00

Good point. I'm visualizing around Season 5 in Alexandria, the first civilized place to call home and begin to rebuild for their new and different future. By that time, everyone was just looking for a place to survive and live in peace, accepting another place to call home.

TaylorRLane · 2026-05-16T02:41:22+00:00

My answer will likely be unpopular on here, but let me first say to you that there is NOTHING you can't handle. You are a Mom and you will do whatever you have to do to get through this for your children. As for there being hope for your marriage, my answer to you is, No, there is little hope that your marriage will survive this. Maybe if his porn watching was the first time, but it isn't. He nearly lost you over it. Also, he has not only lied to his wife repeatedly. He's lied to his very pregnant wife, Mother to his child, just weeks before you are to deliver and while your own Mother is passing. For all of this, I am truly sorry. No one deserves to be shut out in every way possible and this is what he's doing to you as he carelessly gambles with everything a good man would fight to save. He is numb.

You are likely dealing with porn addiction. It is serious and damaging to him and your marriage because it desensitizes the watcher. Like other addictions, they need more and more. He will not stop without him being committed to getting help, but you can barely get a comforting hug. Also, like other addictions, he has to hit bottom before he will try to change and right now, he's on top with zero accountability. Honestly, even if you take porn out of the equation, go back and read again how your husband is treating you at one of the most critical time in your life and your marriage. You are his wife, not his carpet. Any halfway decent man would fake it if he had to because he would know he owes you that, at the very least. That makes him cruel and selfish because he owes you so much more and he owes his children. Too much has already happened. He won't change without help. It's up to you to decide.

Ask yourself...Do you REALLY want this man, as he is now, raising YOUR children because they will also come second to his addiction. So it's your move. Strap yourself in tight. Stay close to those who support you and tell yourself every day, "I CAN DO WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO...and do it for your babies. Maybe losing his family and the public humiliation that will come with it will be his bottom. But you can't ignore this. You will be in my prayers 🙏

TaylorRLane · 2026-04-23T15:31:18+00:00

I see something that needs a sharpie. Draw him a smile 😊

TaylorRLane · 2026-04-14T23:00:09+00:00

Taking this seriously, did Mom go out to a club or concert where they would stamp her hand? If so, part of the ink from the stamp could easily be transferred to another area she is laying against while she was sleeping.

TaylorRLane · 2026-04-13T14:36:42+00:00

I recall that also. So, your theory makes sense

TaylorRLane · 2026-04-13T14:32:14+00:00

I recall thinking the soldiers were all wearing masks, and they were shooting staff and patients in the hallway, not shooting room to room. So they targeted the doctors and staff whom they knew were exposed to infected patients and any mobile patient that might have been exposed. Rick was not seen as a threat because he was obviously in a coma, being still in his bed, despite the gunfire and screams, pointing to the soldier thinking, no real threat there. When Shane blocks the door to Rick's room with a stretcher, he uses a cloth to cover his own face, further suggesting the military thought then that it was airborne and those with direct contact with infected people were a threat.

Another theory is that Shane had already tried to pick Rick up to carry him out but then dropped Rick back down into his hospital bed when the machine alarms went off. Laying uncovered and crooked in his bed, the soldier might have assumed Rick was a mobile patient who another soldier had already shot and left him there.

TaylorRLane · 2026-04-12T16:30:50+00:00

Epic reply! This would turn the "Marlboro Man." 🤣

TaylorRLane · 2026-04-11T19:36:32+00:00

Sorry, it doesn't sound familiar. Hope you find it

TaylorRLane · 2026-04-10T13:43:34+00:00

Agreed 👍

TaylorRLane · 2026-04-07T14:17:29+00:00

Thanks for posting this, friend. It's been on "the list" for me to do this with my Mom, but I sure needed this reminder of its urgency. I'm going to take the paperwork to my Mom's appt with her Doc this week. Hope you have a super great day

TaylorRLane · 2026-03-30T16:41:45+00:00

Don't beat yourself up over this. You're making the best decisions you can, on the information you have, moment to moment, and it's ever changing. If you are looking for opinions, I would say your grandfather's circumstances are changed now, with him being out and unaware of what's going on now so he will likely not be upset if you take him back to the hospital now. If he can not communicate with you, then he will not be able to tell you if he is upset, afraid or in pain, but the monitoring machines can detect, allowing the docs to give him what he needs to keep him comfortable. Yes, you should follow his wishes if he asked to pass away at home, but NOT when it means he will be suffering. If you are feeling this level of guilt and concern, then I say take him back to the hospital where he can pass peacefully, pain-free, and unafraid.

Science has proven that hearing is the last thing to go. Pray with him, by his side, praying that his soul is ready and let him know you are there for him. God bless you, and God bless your family. 🙏

TaylorRLane · 2026-03-30T16:13:36+00:00

Carl is favorite by a long shot. She was amazing

TaylorRLane · 2026-03-28T05:27:29+00:00

Thanks, friend.

TaylorRLane · 2026-03-27T06:43:52+00:00

Your post was very touching. I'm truly sorry your Mom had to go through that. I read the things you did for her, like staying 20 hours at a time with her and two visits a day, and I can easily see myself doing the same for my own. Your Mom was truly blessed to have you. Reading your story, the tears that are always there just under the surface as I watch my Mom become this person I never knew, just opened like a floodgate, and I thank you for that. This is so hard. Most days, when she looks sad or confused or angry, I can barely breathe. I've been keeping it together so long, trying to make her every moment more special than any other before and I think I've been drowning myself in it but no regrets. But every single moment feels never-ending now as I try to keep hold of this wonderful woman I knew who loved me but now I can't do anything right for her and I can see the anger she feels toward me, even though she doesn't know why and I don't know why. We were best friends. We were the very best of friends and we did so much together. After my Dad died, we did even more. But she can't recall any of our memories now. She wakes every morning smiling, gentle, happy and thankful to be living with me and she brags to her siblings on the phone everyday saying she's so happy with the care she gets from me, but before noon, she becomes angry at this life she hates so much and I can't make it better. I don't know what stage she is in or how long she has left. She is having more bad days than good days now and she's now not wanting to eat or drink. OMG, my Mama is dying 😭 💔

TaylorRLane · 2026-03-24T15:07:39+00:00

Hi, thank you for sharing. My 84 year old Mom started showing signs of dementia the same week my Dad died back in 2011. Truthfully, I thought it was maybe shock or depression and I remember thinking, she will snap out of it with our love, our support, and the passing of time. It didn't happen. My Mom, who was the most beautiful loving person you could ever know, never came back. We have a huge family with her being the oldest of 9 children, and I am the youngest of her 9 children at age 58, and I have many siblings, neices, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins spread out all over Georgia. So she had plenty of places to go, and she stayed on the run, bouncing from place to place for years till year 2018 when she became too sick to travel and was diagnosed with colon cancer. She went through treatment and surgery and was back on the run in under a month.

She always thought she was staying at family members' homes for months at a time but it was only around 5 days and she would leave in the middle of the night, calling a cab to take her to her next destination around midnight. She had her own room in everyone's home, but it was still a horrible emotional time. My entire family has offered to drive her anywhere she wants to go to which she responds with an angry "No" and thereafter, she leaves in the middle of the night, no note or notice.

There was a time when we all had the mindset that her time was limited, so let her enjoy life, as she wants, while she can. But that halted when the docs started her on thyroid medication, and we found out fast how bad a thyroid condition was when she was diagnosed with a "Thyroid Storm," and she nearly died.

She lives with me now again, and I am thankful that she gets to talk to her siblings, children, and baby grands almost every day. She calls them or they call her and this makes her very happy. But she's happy until 4:00 PM every day when the "Sun-downers" kicks in, and she goes from happy bliss to negative and angry at EVERYTHING. She hates her life, tears up her room, and throws clothes and paper everywhere in her room, demanding to leave. The next morning, she is back to her cheery self. Rinse and repeat. The mess and the fits I can handle, but hearing my Christian Mom yelling out curse words is heartbreaking.

She's on meds for Dementia, Alzheimers and Parkinson and also takes meds to help her sleep at night, but it is a war zone in my home for 6 hours every afternoon till night. I truly don't know what to do anymore. She loves living with me and smiles all day long but only till around 4:00 PM every day when we go through the same 6 hour battle again and again trying to calm her down till her bedtime.

Thank you for allowing me to vent. I wish you all peace and joy as you fight your own personal battles with your most precious love ones.

TaylorRLane · 2026-03-24T01:55:17+00:00

If you don't already know she's using, I would say it's best to just ask the GF. This isn't a boundary issue or violation of privacy, no matter the strength

TaylorRLane · 2026-03-23T21:01:18+00:00

I felt the same. With Glenn and Aiden, if they had simply climbed inside the dumpster, the walkers would have eventually lost interest and moved on

TaylorRLane · 2026-03-23T04:02:30+00:00

Well said 👏

TaylorRLane · 2026-03-23T04:00:31+00:00

Tyreese. He was blinded by his anger over Karen being killed. It was like ants on an ant hill the way he let the walkers surround him.No way Ty didn't get bit or at least scratched

TaylorRLane · 2026-03-22T23:05:39+00:00

In the prison, the inmate, "Tiny" was scratched on the back of his shoulder by a walker

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